inheritance and succession

Ascendant King Jaron believes that his kingdom, Carthya, is at peace, so he and his bethrothed, Imogen, are sailing home from a trade mission when their ship is attacked by Prozarians, and Jaron and several of his friends are taken prisoner; the Prozarian captain seems to believe he had something to do with his parents' deaths and they also know a great deal about Jaron's long-missing older brother, Darius, the rightful heir to Carthya--who may be alive after all.

Eleven-year-old Gina Sparks, aspiring journalist, and her fellow GEEKs, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin, live in Elmwood, New Hampshire, a small town in serious danger of vanishing completely--unless the four friends can find the Van Houten fortune, which was supposedly promised to the town by Maxine Van Houten, a famous toymaker who loved complicated puzzles.

Upon the death of her father in 1920, Spanish chocolate shop proprietor Maria "Puri" Purificaci?n learns she, along with siblings from her father's clandestine marriage to another woman, have inherited a share of a cacao plantation in Ecuador. During the boat ride to claim her inheritance, Puri and her husband Crist?bal are attacked and Crist?bal is killed. Knowing the attacker was aiming for her, Puri dresses and impersonates her husband for protection while she investigates who wants her dead and what to do with her inheritance.

The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

"To all the world, Alizeh is a disposable servant, not the long-lost heir to an ancient Jinn kingdom forced to hide in plain sight. The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that the servant girl with the strange eyes, the girl he can't put out of his mind, would one day soon uproot his kingdom--and the world"--Provided by publisher.

Maggie Holt's father bequeaths an old Victorian mansion to her after he dies--a mansion that is supposedly haunted. Maggie barely remembers when her family lived there--a mere three weeks--before they fled in the middle of the night. Her father even wrote a book about the experience, which became a best-seller. Maggie doesn't believe the house is haunted, but does want to renovate it, in order to sell it, and hopes put to rest some of the memories of the past. The house, however, has other plans.

"Rumors spread that Tobias Hawthorne's lost son may still be alive, casting doubt on seventeen-year-old Avery's inheritance and changing the rules of the game"--OCLC.

When a Connecticut teenager inherits vast wealth and an eccentric estate from the richest man in Texas, she must also live with his surviving family and solve a series of puzzles to discover how she earned her inheritance.

"Cordelia, a young shapeshifter who has always lived in an enchanted forest with her siblings and mother, must now use her powers to discover the truth about who the Raven Heir really is"--Provided by publisher.

"When twin heirs are born in Tourin, their fates are decided at a young age. While Izaveta remained at court to learn the skills she'd need as the future queen, Asya was taken away to train with her aunt, the mysterious Firebird, who ensured magic remained balanced in the realm. But before Asya's training is completed, the ancient power blooms inside her, which can mean only one thing: the queen is dead, and a new ruler must be crowned. As the princesses come to understand everything their roles entail, they'll discover who they can trust, who they can love; and who killed their mother"--Provided by publisher.